Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?

Water is the driving force in nature.

The joy of living is the heart of thanksgiving.

This isn’t like a job we have while we go to college. This is what we like — feed ourselves with.

I would write my tears, weeping out my pain - I would empty my veins for ink.

Mourn if you must, but don't stop fighting.

Drugs support terrorism? No, your SUV supports terrorism.

You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.

Trust only him who doubts.

Failure can either be a stepping stone to success or a stumbling to defeat.

This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations.